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The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on
functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate how physical
activities supervised by activities personnel can strongly benefit
participants'quality of life. Exercise Programming for Older Adults
guarantees that exercise programming attains a balance between the
three major physical components--aerobic, strength, and flexibility
training--and that each component is properly administered. The
techniques and applications described are geared toward those with
prevalent conditions of aging such as arthritis, osteoporosis,
joint replacement, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease.This essential handbook arms the
reader with a multidisciplinary approach to exercise management for
elderly populations. The chapter authors are experts from the
fields of fitness instruction, nursing, physical therapy, medicine,
research, and exercise physiology. As they address the theory and
practice of providing sound exercise programming, specific
exercises are described and illustrated, with emphasis on
functional fitness outcomes, safety precautions, fall prevention,
and practical adaptations for low-fit and physically limited
participants. Chapter discussions include: aerobic exercise
strength training flexibility training the administration of mild
posture and breathing exercises for debilitated individuals with
poor prognoses positioning and transfer techniques essential for
optimal activities management of neurologically impaired patients
warm water exercise programs designed for persons with low
tolerance of conventional training methodsExercise Programming for
Older Adults serves as a vital resource for activity coordinators
in long-term care settings and for group fitness instructors and
personal trainers who serve older adult and frail elderly
clientele. Readers will discover alternative techniques and
applications for maximizing the physical and mental therapeutic
benefits of exercise and developing the functional fitness of even
the most physically challenged participants.
The exercise programming guidelines provided in this book focus on
functional fitness training and safety and demonstrate how physical
activities supervised by activities personnel can strongly benefit
participants'quality of life. Exercise Programming for Older Adults
guarantees that exercise programming attains a balance between the
three major physical components--aerobic, strength, and flexibility
training--and that each component is properly administered. The
techniques and applications described are geared toward those with
prevalent conditions of aging such as arthritis, osteoporosis,
joint replacement, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease.This essential handbook arms the
reader with a multidisciplinary approach to exercise management for
elderly populations. The chapter authors are experts from the
fields of fitness instruction, nursing, physical therapy, medicine,
research, and exercise physiology. As they address the theory and
practice of providing sound exercise programming, specific
exercises are described and illustrated, with emphasis on
functional fitness outcomes, safety precautions, fall prevention,
and practical adaptations for low-fit and physically limited
participants. Chapter discussions include: aerobic exercise
strength training flexibility training the administration of mild
posture and breathing exercises for debilitated individuals with
poor prognoses positioning and transfer techniques essential for
optimal activities management of neurologically impaired patients
warm water exercise programs designed for persons with low
tolerance of conventional training methodsExercise Programming for
Older Adults serves as a vital resource for activity coordinators
in long-term care settings and for group fitness instructors and
personal trainers who serve older adult and frail elderly
clientele. Readers will discover alternative techniques and
applications for maximizing the physical and mental therapeutic
benefits of exercise and developing the functional fitness of even
the most physically challenged participants.
People are naturally worried about transitions at any stage of
their lives, and retirement transitioning presents unique
challenges because you realize that your life clock is ticking
faster with each passing year. Beyond financial concerns, your true
wealth is determined by how you spend your time and how you care
for your health. Retirement represents a rich psychological growth
time, and successful aging is characterized by cultivating a growth
mindset alongside a healthy dose of grit, or passion plus
persistence. This book shares insights from a survey of 125
participants, all of whom are 55 or older, on retirement beliefs
and time management. The author encourages retirees to embrace the
concept of rewiring their brains in a psychological reboot applying
to both work and non-work scenarios. Each chapter presents rewiring
exercises that prepare space for new possibilities to germinate
immediately, and "possibility time" exercises that foster digging
deeper into legacy roots for shaping days where you can flourish.
Seasoned citizen years have the possibility of becoming your
greatest life plots when you rewire your personality and ability
skillset.
Have you found yourself wilting in midlife, and wondering what you
might do to flourish in your remaining years? Have you lost your
way in the midlife maze due to a significant loss? Did you lose
your job or desired career advancement? Did you separate or
divorce? Did your last child leave home? Did your family experience
a virtual storm of bankruptcy or lose your life savings in a
financial meltdown? Did you or someone in your family experience
the loss of good health? Or did you weather the death of a family
member, partner, or friend? Your loss story is personal. Your path
through winding passages during midlife is unique. Perhaps the most
important encouragement for your grieving process is to know this
simple fact: grieving is a natural healing response to loss rather
than a pathological experience. Midlife can be a time of
reflection, rebellion, or reconnecting to old or new interests and
activities. It can also be a time when losses start to happen or
begin to pile up - divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job or
home, the moving out and on of grown children-and learning how to
move forward can be a challenge. Here, a seasoned psychologist
looks at the geography of loss in midlife, the way it can affect
us, and what we can do to get back on track or redirect ourselves
when necessary. Through first hand stories and practical exercises,
the author leads readers through the midlife maze to a place of
recovery, purpose, and peace.
While advice abounds from a variety of sources before parents
embark on their parenting journeys, the only parent preparation we
actually receive comes from our family and peer stories. Yet most
adults do not realize that in day-to-day challenges of guiding our
children, something interesting happens. As we steer our children
through life, we reopen our own childhood roads. Just when our
child most needs us, we become needy ourselves: as adults and
parents, we find that we have unresolved raising issues, basic
needs that were not met in our childhoods. Our needs and memories
echo and influence many of the parenting decisions we make, even
though we're unaware of those influences at times. Fortunately,
children help parents reach their needs as much as their parents
help them fulfill their own. Our child ends up guiding us, by
connecting us to some earlier time in our life when we encountered
distress. We dredge up a lesson, and we adapt by adhering to or
changing the story that we tell ourselves about who we are. We
re-negotiate the five basic needs that surface from our childhood
memories as our youngsters pass through each of the developmental
phases. The self-aware parent focuses on creative problem solving
by focusing on one interaction at a time. It Takes a Child to Raise
a Parent offers an exploration of how our own childhood memories
and needs influence and shape our parenting decisions in our adult
lives. Offering tips, stories from a variety of families, and step
by step exercises, Janis Johnston helps parents better understand
and grasp the tools necessary to face parenting challenges head on,
and to explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our children,
and our family interactions. Expectant parents and current parents
interested in understanding their own personality development as
well as the many moods of childhood and their own children, will
find clear guidelines for understanding their roles in their
children's lives as well as concrete suggestions for how to
navigate the choppy waters of raising children.
While advice abounds from a variety of sources before parents
embark on their parenting journeys, the only parent preparation we
actually receive comes from our family and peer stories. Yet most
adults do not realize that in day-to-day challenges of guiding our
children, something interesting happens. As we steer our children
through life, we reopen our own childhood roads. Just when our
child most needs us, we become needy ourselves: as adults and
parents, we find that we have unresolved raising issues, basic
needs that were not met in our childhoods. Our needs and memories
echo and influence many of the parenting decisions we make, even
though we're unaware of those influences at times. Fortunately,
children help parents reach their needs as much as their parents
help them fulfill their own. Our child ends up guiding us, by
connecting us to some earlier time in our life when we encountered
distress. We dredge up a lesson, and we adapt by adhering to or
changing the story that we tell ourselves about who we are. We
re-negotiate the five basic needs that surface from our childhood
memories as our youngsters pass through each of the developmental
phases. The self-aware parent focuses on creative problem solving
by focusing on one interaction at a time. It Takes a Child to Raise
a Parent offers an exploration of how our own childhood memories
and needs influence and shape our parenting decisions in our adult
lives. Offering tips, stories from a variety of families, and step
by step exercises, Janis Johnston helps parents better understand
and grasp the tools necessary to face parenting challenges head on,
and to explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our children,
and our family interactions. Expectant parents and current parents
interested in understanding their own personality development as
well as the many moods of childhood and their own children, will
find clear guidelines for understanding their roles in their
children's lives as well as concrete suggestions for how to
navigate the choppy waters of raising children.
Have you found yourself wilting in midlife, and wondering what you
might do to flourish in your remaining years? Have you lost your
way in the midlife maze due to a significant loss? Did you lose
your job or desired career advancement? Did you separate or
divorce? Did your last child leave home? Did your family experience
a virtual storm of bankruptcy or lose your life savings in a
financial meltdown? Did you or someone in your family experience
the loss of good health? Or did you weather the death of a family
member, partner, or friend? Your loss story is personal. Your path
through winding passages during midlife is unique. Perhaps the most
important encouragement for your grieving process is to know this
simple fact: grieving is a natural healing response to loss rather
than a pathological experience. Midlife can be a time of
reflection, rebellion, or reconnecting to old or new interests and
activities. It can also be a time when losses start to happen or
begin to pile up - divorce, death of a loved one, loss of a job or
home, the moving out and on of grown children-and learning how to
move forward can be a challenge. Here, a seasoned psychologist
looks at the geography of loss in midlife, the way it can affect
us, and what we can do to get back on track or redirect ourselves
when necessary. Through first hand stories and practical exercises,
the author leads readers through the midlife maze to a place of
recovery, purpose, and peace.
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